Abstract: Methods and uses of controlling the flowability of a population of plant seeds and dust drift therefrom by placing individual seeds in contact with particles of a flowability enhancing agent that is made up of at least one species of wax that adheres more firmly to the said plant seeds than a compound or composition that comprises a substance that is or includes a mineral earth component.

Abstract: Coating composition for an oilseed plant seed from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the coating composition comprises an organic carrier material and one or more biological agents that possess an activity against at least one or more pathogens of the oilseed plant.

Abstract: Coating composition for applying to soybean seed from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises one or more organic materials having a melting point of ?50° Centigrade and one or more additives, methods of making such compositions and coated soybean seeds.

Abstract: Coating composition for applying to monocot plant structures from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises one or more organic materials having a melting point of ?50° Centigrade and one or more additives, methods of making such compositions and coated monocot plant structures such as seeds of monocot plants.

Abstract: Coating compositions for cotton plant seed, wherein the coating composition comprises an organic carrier material and one or more biological agents that are active against one or more pathogens cotton plant.

Abstract: Coating composition for soya bean seed from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the coating composition comprises an organic carrier material and one or more biological agents that possess an activity against at least one or more pathogens of the soybean plant.

Abstract: Coating composition for applying to a plant structure of a monocotyledonous plant from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises an organic carrier material and one or more biological agents that possess an activity against at least one or more pathogens of the said monocotyledonous plant.

Abstract: Coating composition for applying to a vegetable plant structure such as a seed of a vegetable plant from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises an organic carrier material in particulate form and one or more biological agents that possess an activity against at least one or more pathogens of the said vegetable plant

Abstract: A method of delivering a biologically active chemical agent to an arthropod pest of a bee, comprising exposing a surface of the said bee to carnauba wax particles having a volume mean diameter of at least 10 ?m comprising at least one biologically active chemical agent, wherein the bee delivers the biologically active chemical agent to the arthropod pest, characterized in that the carnauba wax particles consist essentially of 89.5-99.4% by weight of carnauba wax; ?10% by weight of biologically active chemical agent; and 0.5% by weight of flow agent.

Abstract: Composite particles containing hydrophobic particles and spores of an entomopathogenic fungus that are capable of germinating on the cuticle of a grain storage arthropod, dry powder compositions comprising such composite particles, methods of producing such compositions and methods and uses thereof.

Abstract: Liquid formulations for controlling arthropod infestation that comprise particles carrying chemical agents that have activity against arthropods, the particles being suspended within the liquid formulation, uses therefor, and methods of producing such liquid formulations.

Abstract: A composite particle comprises i) an hydrophobic particle that adheres to the cuticle of one or more species of animal infesting arthropod; and ii) at least one organic chemical compound admixed therewith, wherein the said organic chemical is capable of controlling the population of at least one animal infesting arthropod species. Experiments proved the efficacy of the particle, for example in powder form, in relation to a variety of arthropods, for example red poultry mites.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of controlling pests which comprises exposing a surface of the pest to a particulate composition containing particles of an initially unmagnetized material, which is capable of becoming magnetically polarized when subjected to an electric or magnetic field, the said particles being associated with at least one pesticide or behavior modifying chemical.

Abstract: A compact comprising particles and an active agent selected from a pesticide, a herbicide, a plant nutrient, a fertiliser, an arthropod attractant such as a semiochemical, a semiochemical, a food or protein bait, and including mixtures of two or more thereof.

Abstract: A trap for capturing an arthropod comprising a solid wax matrix and a semiochemical. Other embodiments of the trap and/or a dispenser, and methods of attracting an arthropod to a trap and/or a dispenser, are further disclosed.

Abstract: A method of delivering a biologically active agent to a target site comprising exposing a surface of a non-target carrier organism to a carrier comprising at least one biologically active agent, wherein the non-target carrier organism delivers the biologically active agent to the target site.

Abstract: A pest control device and a method of deploying the device. The device comprises a housing provided with at least one opening which is closed or sealed by a material arranged to degrade in an environment in which the device is located, thereby allowing eventual access to the interior of the device. The method comprises providing the device with the temporarily sealed or closed opening(s), a pest behavior-modifying agent located in the interior of the device housing, and a feature for causing oscillatory motion of the housing while in free-fall motion. The device is then caused to fall from a height into or on to an area in which pest control is desired.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of controlling pests which comprises exposing a surface of the pest to a particulate composition containing particles of an initially unmagnetized material, which is capable of becoming magnetically polarized when subjected to an electric or magnetic field, the said particles being associated with at least one pesticide or behaviour modifying chemical.